diff --git a/cpp/include/cudf/detail/transform.hpp b/cpp/include/cudf/detail/transform.hpp
index db55fe6f20f..96ef27529be 100644
--- a/cpp/include/cudf/detail/transform.hpp
+++ b/cpp/include/cudf/detail/transform.hpp
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ std::unique_ptr<column> transform(
 std::unique_ptr<column> compute_column(
   table_view const table,
   ast::expression const& expr,
-  rmm::cuda_stream_view stream,
+  rmm::cuda_stream_view stream        = rmm::cuda_stream_default,
   rmm::mr::device_memory_resource* mr = rmm::mr::get_current_device_resource());
 
 /**